Obsidian in public beta

Posted by Luhmann
May 27, 2020 at 11:25 PM

I think it is important that people understand that even though it is in “public beta” and already has an impressive feature base, it is still very far from the finished product the developers have in mind. Probably the most noticeable change still to come is what they are calling the “WYSIWYG editor” - although in practice it is still unclear if it will look more like Typora (which hides all markdown code) or Bear (which displays some markdown code but gives it a pretty wrapping. Some features, like transcluding and displaying images currently only work in preview mode, but once the new editor is available they should hopefully work in the editor as well. There are other things that are still in the works as well, so that the final “1.0” release will be quite different from what is there now.

Personally, the current version (even with the daily journal plugin) cannot yet replace Roam for me, but I like the developers better than Roam’s, and I like the openness of the system, so I am rooting for them. I donated to support development and I hope others will too. I really want them to succeed.